Eisenhower plan May Raise Social Security Tax to 3 Percent
The administration outlined a broadened Social Security program with a 3 percent tax on employees and employers by 1970, up from 1 to 2 percent this year and 2 percent in 1960. It would expand OASI coverage, raise the tax base to 4200, and increase benefits, while gradually cutting federal grants to states for direct aid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Oveta Culp Hobby
House
Joseph Martin
Rep
Massachusetts
Hobby
New Payroll Rules Cover Household Workers Under Three Month Window
A new program extends Social Security coverage to household workers paid $50 or more in any consecutive three months by a single employer. Employers must file quarterly reports and pay Social Security taxes on these wages.
Cancer Among Farm Animals Shows Widespread Condemnation
Washington reports cancer among livestock affects cattle and other species. Inspectors condemn meat from 10,235 carcasses valued at 250 to 300 dollars each in 1953, part of 15 million animals slaughtered, with hogs largely spared. Officials say cancered meat is not proven harmful, but condemned to protect public taste and avoid risk.
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Washington
C. H. Pals
Meat Inspection Service
Agriculture Department
Science Service
Pals
Machines Harvest Third of Cotton On Farms of Texas
In 1953 Texas farmers relied on mechanical harvesters for about 30 percent of the cotton crop as the shift from human pickers accelerates. Extension Service expert Fred Elliott notes machines stabilize rural economies by replacing labor and preventing unharvested yields, with 15,088 strippers in 130 counties and 1,557 spindle type pickers in 83 counties recorded this season.
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Texas
Fred Elliott
Extension Service
Elliott
Young Intellectual Ponders Life While Music Spins
A girl sits at a desk lamp, chin in hand, studying Spanish conjugations and algebra while a record spins. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker captures a moment of youthful ambition and timing, balancing studies and the pull of future plans as a song plays.
Yard work and lawn mowing offered by J D Fleming
Classified note lists yard work and lawn mowing by J D Fleming. Also advertises sale of 7 room house with large barn and 12 acres from Stephens Bryant. Water heaters Buckeye 20 gallon with AGA approval priced at 58.50 and Hotstream stone lined with 10 year guarantee. Johnson Jewelry and Appliance offers installation services. Babcock Auto Store advertises brakes relined for 1949 and earlier Ford Chevrolet Plymouth with Raybestos lining at 9.95.
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Stephens & Bryant
Buckeye
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Babcock Auto
Spilled Beans Solves Problem at House in Kansas City
Mrs. Donald E. Martin and five of their seven children coaxed two year old Donald B. Martin to unlock a bathroom door after he locked himself in. The boy splashed water and answered with a lone "Huh" until 8 year old Mike claimed the jelly beans had spilled, and the door opened.
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Kansas City
Kans
Donald E. Martin
Donald B. Martin
Donald
Mike
Maw quit paw noted in Bible age record
Social Security officials in Houston used a Bible family record to verify a client's age. The document lists five births and ends with the line Man quit paw June 1923, providing a terse clue to the client's age.
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Houston
Social Security Office
Jury snags over Leo Douglass in Iowa City case
In District Court at Iowa City Louisiana an accident case stalled as juror selection faced a snag when Leo Douglass appeared on the venire. The panel from which the 12 jurors were to be chosen included Douglass himself, creating potential conflicts for the trial.
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Iowa City
Leo Douglass
Veniremen
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